Interesting comments there. With Airbus obviously unwilling to take the blame, they really couldn't just turn round and say the pilot was a cowboy, because if he was, who let him fly?
The report, which is extensive, spreads the blame across a wide area, and I don't think it's a coincidence that senior management have been replaced in most if not all areas prior to it being released. After all, what better direction to point fingers than at the people you've just got rid of?
It's also interesting to note that there has been hardly a mention of this in the world's press, which is exactly what GF would prefer. And I don't think the way the report is constructed and the way it expertly obfuscates the key flaw - nationals being promoted too quickly - is any accident either.
Whitewash, maybe not. Quick lick of paint, most definitely
